
READINGS
EMILY: Hi Paul! What are you doing today?
PAUL: I’m seeing my dentist at three o’clock in the afternoon. Have you got any plans
for today?
EMILY: I’m meeting John and Jane at the cafe. We’re going to play Scrabble. Maybe,
you might join us after your appointment at the dentist.
PAUL: Sounds good. I think my appointment will finish at four o’clock. I’ll call you
when it finishes; then I can join you.
EMILY: Great! We’re going to talk about the Interrail. We’ll need your advice.
PAUL: Alright! I’ll give you very valuable information about the trip. Look! Andy is
coming.
EMILY: Oh no! He’s going to see me! He lent me his Geography book, and I’ve lost it.
Now, he’ll probably ask me about it.
PAUL: OK. I got it.
EMILY: Bye, Paul.
Are they true or false?
1. Paul won’t be in the dentist after three o’clock today. ______
2. Paul can meet Emily and others after his appointment. ______
3. Paul is leaving the dentist at four o’clock. _____
4. Paul doesn't know anything about an Interrail journey. ______
5. Emily isn’t going to see Andy. ______
6. John, Jane and Emily have planned to play Scrabble in the café. ______
Fruit Fly Fix
It is breakfast time. You have been looking forward to
eating a nice ripe banana ever since you woke up.
Just when you reach for the delicious piece of fruit
on your counter, you see something that makes you much
less hungry: a swarm of fruit flies!
Fruit flies are tiny insects that are attracted to ripe or rotting fruits and vegetables. The
flies not only eat the fruit, they also lay their eggs there. A single fruit fly can lay up to
500 eggs on the surface of a piece of fruit. Within eight days, the fruit flies that hatch
from these eggs are full adults that can then lay their own eggs. As you can see, what
might start out as a small fruit fly problem can become very large very quickly.
Although there is a chance fruit flies can carry germs on to your food, this is not very
likely. Fruit flies are annoying, but they probably will not hurt you. Because they are
such a nuisance, however, most people want to get rid of these pesky bugs as quickly
as possible. Some people use pesticide sprays on the fruit flies. Although this will kill
the flies, it will also spread harmful poison all over your kitchen. Luckily, there is also a
completely safe way for you to get rid of fruit flies in your house.
The first step is for you to remove all fruits or vegetables from your counter. Store
these items in the refrigerator or in sealed containers. Clean up any spilled juice or bits
of food that might be on the floor. Take out the trash and empty the recycling bin.
Wash any dirty dishes that are in your sink. Doing all of these things will stop new fruit
flies from finding food or places to lay their eggs.
Next, make a trap to catch all of the remaining fruit flies in your house. First, fill a
small bowl with a few tablespoons of vinegar. Then, put a piece of very ripe or rotting
fruit into the vinegar. Cover the bowl very tightly with a sheet of plastic wrap and poke
a few very small holes in the wrap with a fork. If all goes according to plan, the flies
will enter the trap through the holes but will be unable to fly back out. This trap will
catch all of the remaining fruit flies. You can either kill these flies or release them
outdoors.